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City’s Mrs Brexit sees a buying opportunity in the vote to leave

With her push for equality in the Square Mile, high-flying fund manager Helena Morrissey likes to go against the grain

Aimee Donnellan

July 17 2016, 12:01am, The Sunday Times

Newton funds chief Helena Morrissey founded the 30% Club to encourage companies to promote more women on to their boardsDavid Bebber

The Monday after the Brexit vote, Helena Morrissey herded her senior staff into a meeting room. The 50-year-old fund management boss felt she had to rally her troops.

“There was so much doom and gloom. I just pointed out that a number of companies in the market were 40% cheaper than they were before the vote. So we started buying,” says the chief executive of Newton Investment Management.

Morrissey is one of the most senior women in the City — and one of its most recognisable faces. The mother of nine has spent more than two decades clambering to the top of Newton, the BNY Mellon-owned fund manager that oversees £50bn of mainly pension funds.

She is also the founder of the 30% Club, a…

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